Soccer Training: Games, Drills and Fitness Practices brings together games and routines recommended by some of the world's top coaches.
A practical training handbook for soccer coaches, it contains over 60 practices and drills aimed at developing specific skills, from controlling and passing the ball to tackling, shooting and goalkeeping. It also features photographs of leading players in action.
This eighth edition also looks at all aspects of the modern player's fitness needs (aerobic and anaerobic fitness, strength training, core stability, agility and flexibility) and features updated illustrations throughout and action shots of the current crop of young football stars.
Autorentext
Malcolm Cook was a professional player and has since worked for many years as a full-time coach (with a full FA/UEFA full international coaching licence) at many professional clubs around the world. He was also Director of Youth at Liverpool FC.
Zusammenfassung
Soccer Training: Games, Drills and Fitness Practices brings together games and routines recommended by some of the world's top coaches. A practical training handbook for soccer coaches, it contains over 60 practices and drills aimed at developing specific skills, from controlling and passing the ball to tackling, shooting and goalkeeping. It also features photographs of leading players in action. This eighth edition also looks at all aspects of the modern player's fitness needs (aerobic and anaerobic fitness, strength training, core stability, agility and flexibility) and features updated illustrations throughout and action shots of the current crop of young football stars.
Inhalt
Acknowledgements
Forewords
Introduction
Part 1: Coaching
Control and passing
Dribbling, screening and tackling
Crossing and heading
Shooting
Tactical games
Indoor games
Goalkeeping
Part 2: Games and practices for fitness
Soccer fitness components
The warm-up
The cool-down
Games for fitness
Summary
Index